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FINANCE
The uncertainty principle
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 13 June 2023
Council finances are fragile after 13 years of cuts and an extended period of uncertainty, and mu...
BUSINESS
Labour pledges to revitalise high streets
By Mark Conrad | 12 April 2023
Labour will today promote its plan to revitalise ailing high streets through a £700m fund to help...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Giant county unitaries run counter to people power
By Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen | 30 March 2023
The challenge to the new unitaries is to prove that, far from being a distant monolith, they can ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Budget 2023: The austerity elephant
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 17 March 2023
Forced cutbacks and savings from councils over the next few years risk outweighing the new regene...
FINANCE
Future Forum: LGA hopeful over finance reform
By Martin Ford | 16 March 2023
Hopes for a large-scale reform of council funding have been raised by the Budget, according to a ...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Budget 2023: Hunt to boost mayors' financial autonomy
By Dan Peters | 15 March 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the Government will ‘boost mayors’ financial autonomy’ in hi...
FINANCE
Unprecedented transformation required at Cherwell
By Martin Ford | 27 February 2023
Cherwell DC must embark on transformation ‘on a scale not experienced before’ to meet budget cons...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Councils deserve better from the Government
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 22 December 2022
The provisional financial settlement fails to offer any real Christmas cheer for local authoritie...
FINANCE
No settlement surprises for districts this year
By Ian Miller | 21 December 2022
Tracy Bingham and Ian Miller unpick the detail of the provisional local government finance settle...
FINANCE
'No unanimity' on online sales tax
By Martin Ford | 16 December 2022
Prospects for an online sales tax have suffered a setback after a consultation found a lack of co...
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